It is the end of the year… we remember that many of us… Read 36 books this since August (For my list see my Goodreads account) Read a newspaper most days (Mine was the Wall Street Journal…what was yours?) Read at least two magazines per month...

This is one installment in a series regarding launching children into college, career, and marriage. Launch into College :The Flowers: Adolescents (13-18) Every stage of a child’s development prepare for the eventual launch into college, career, and marriage. ...

Overcoming our past represents the first step toward creating our future. In her book, Daring Greatly, Brene Brown speaks of overcoming the shame of our past, our images, our thought life. What in your past do you need to lay aside to REALLY achieve what you want to...

[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”978-1936891023″] “Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator… The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.” Steven Pressfield: The War of Art: Winning the Inner...

Today I am speaking on Organizing Your Time and Space for a successful home school year. I would love pictures and ideas of how you: 1. Plan and organize your time 2. Plan and organize your space 3. Plan and teach your children to organize their time and space for...

In a recent planning meeting we discussed culture: the changing culture of PACES. Five of us present had two or more PACES graduates and one in attendance WAS a PACES graduate. We reminisced about the “good old days” when Pre-Paces-Panic day (the day before the...

Humans born between the years 1978-1996 are termed “Millennials” just as the humans born between 1965-1977 are labeled Gen Xers and those of us born between 1946 and 1964 are called Baby Boomers. Yes, the labels and their subsequent personality traits do make a...

Every successful organization MUST be able to QUICKLY define what success looks like for the company. The more shareholders understand what success looks like for that company the best the company will thrive. Can you quickly bring to mind a picture of success...

Many of us took the life-changing class What’s Best Next last summer. We struggle with what to do on our “to do” list knowing that something is not going to get done. Instead of struggling wouldn’t it be nice to know EXACTLY what you should be doing at every hour or...

Are you looking for a new day planner to start your new year off right? Have you tried planners in the past that have not worked for you because of the endless blank pages or not enough space to actually “plan” in the planner? First, determine what is important...